Chapter 321: Torrent
The ink-black giant vessel hovered outside the Everlasting Way Sect, and the sect's disciples watched it above with curiosity and vigilance.
The Everlasting Way Sect lay secluded in a lone region. Almost no one came here in ordinary times. Even cultivators from other sects who passed through arrived on escaping lights, never with such an imposing display as today.
Seeing the Mystic Chaos Cicada wing pattern carved beneath the flying vessel and sensing the more oppressive, solemn atmosphere within the sect, they realized that something major must have happened.
Zhang Yu stood within the flying vessel with his hands behind his back, waiting for the Everlasting Way Sect to make its final decision.
The clepsydra inside the vessel continued to shift, marking time as it trickled away bit by bit. Daoist Wan Ming and Cao Fangding stood silently nearby.
Just as the clepsydra was about to reach the allotted time, several escaping lights rose from the highest platform of the Everlasting Way Sect and flew toward the vessel.
Daoist Wan Ming glanced over and said, "Profound Rectifier, it seems they have made their decision."
Zhang Yu nodded slightly. With a thought, he communicated with the Jade Minister, and the vessel's cabin door spiraled open to one side.
A moment later, after a burst of clear mist sprayed forth, Daoist Xue and another gray-robed cultivator with a fine beard entered. Behind each of them stood a disciple, carrying a jade casket draped in silk.
The group followed the passageway into the main cabin. Daoist Xue stepped forward first to offer a salute and said, "Profound Rectifier, this is Elder Si Wuzhang of our Everlasting Way Sect."
Si Wuzhang stepped forward and bowed deeply, his manner exceedingly humble. "The title of elder is merely an outer-region jest. Before the